Estes Park News

May 14 opening of Trail Ridge Road the earliest since 2002

Posted:
05/15/2012 07:30:09 AM MDT

(Walt Hester)

At just a little past 11 a.m., Monday, May 14, Trail Ridge Road was open for the season. Due to scant snowfall over the winter and spring, the road, the highest in the lower 48 states, was opened on the earliest date since 2002, when it opened on May 7.